Improvement in picture-exhibitors



- F. E. SCHNEIDER.

PICTURE EXHIBITORS. No .185,139. Patented Dec. 5,1876.

FREDERICK E. SCHNEIDER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TOHIMSELF AND AUGUST SCHARNINGHAUSEN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PlC TURE-EXHIBITORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I 85,139, datedDecember 5, 1876'; application filed September 26, 1876.

. in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved photographiccase; Fig. 2, a sectional plan, and Fig. 3 a transverse verticalsection.

The case proper consists of a semicircular box, A, preferably closed atthe top and bottom, and joined at its front edges to a flat portion, B,having a central opening, across which extends a stem, a, and to thelatter are hinged a number of leaves, D, each leaf being constructed forthe reception and display of a photographic card in the same manner asthe leaves of a photographic album. Each leaf is hung to the stem to bymeans of two hinges, b, and these hinges are formed of fiat strips ofsheet metal, bent so as to form a ring, 0, for embracing the stem andarms at cl, which clasp the edge of the leaf, and may be secured to thesame by suitable pins or rivets. (See Fig. 4.) To the front B of thecase, at each end of the same, arehinged covers E, which, when closed,meet in the center, and serve to protect the photographic cards. Thestem a, is reduced in diameter at the points where the hinges 1) occur,so as to prevent the vertical displacement of the leaves D.

The front portion B of the case extends beyond the top and bottom of thebody A, so as to conceal it from view, and so that when the case isplaced upon a flat surface the front will assume the inclined position,Fig. 3, most favorable tor a proper exhibition of the pictures.

The above described exhibiting case is cheaper and more ornamental thanthe usual album, and permits a more ready examination of the pictures.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the body A of the casewith the front B, the edges of which project beyond the top and bottomof said body, whereby the said case will'support itself in an inclinedposition when placed on a fiat surface, as set forth.

2; The combination of the stem a and the cards D with the hinges b,constructedas described, and each consisting of a ring, 0, and the arms01 d, adapted to embrace the edge of the card, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK .E. SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

HENRY HowsoN, Jr., HARRY SMITH.

